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Transformative research of Type Ia supernova remnants by pioneering laboratory astrophysics

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19H00704
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Review Section Medium-sized Section 16:Astronomy and related fields
Research InstitutionJapan Aerospace EXploration Agency

Principal Investigator

Yamaguchi Hiroya  国立研究開発法人宇宙航空研究開発機構, 宇宙科学研究所, 准教授 (00513467)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 辻本 匡弘  国立研究開発法人宇宙航空研究開発機構, 宇宙科学研究所, 准教授 (10528178)
山崎 典子  国立研究開発法人宇宙航空研究開発機構, 宇宙科学研究所, 教授 (20254146)
Project Period (FY) 2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥45,370,000 (Direct Cost: ¥34,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥10,470,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥9,490,000 (Direct Cost: ¥7,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,190,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥21,060,000 (Direct Cost: ¥16,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,860,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥14,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥11,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,420,000)
KeywordsX線天文学 / 超新星 / 原子物理学 / 多価イオン / X線天文学 / プラズマ物理学 / 実験室宇宙物理学 / Ia型超新星 / 原子過程
Outline of Research at the Start

Ia型超新星の残骸中に含まれる鉄族元素の量は、親星の最終質量や中心密度に強い制限を与える。しかし現状では、X線スペクトルを解析する際に参照される原子データの不定性が大きく、元素量測定に顕著な系統誤差が残る。本研究では、ドイツのマックスプランク核物理学研究所と共同で小型の電子ビームイオントラップ(EBIT)を開発し、超新星残骸の高温非平衡プラズマに特有な内殻過程を実験室で再現する。これによって鉄族元素多価イオンの蛍光輝線エネルギーや蛍光収率を測定し、元素量決定精度を飛躍的に向上させる。なお本研究計画は、将来XRISMが拓く精密X線分光時代のサイエンスを最大化する上でも本質的な役割を果たす。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We obtained extremely high mass ratios of Ti/Fe and Cr/Fe from the Type Ia supernova remnant 3C 397, revealing that the central density of its progenitor had been about three times higher than theoretically expected values. This is the first observation of a supernova remnant or even a supernova that has successfully constrained the progenitor's pre-explosion density. We also developed an electron beam ion trap to obtain atomic data of the Fe-group elements that help improve the reliability of the astrophysical observations. Experiments at the large synchrotron radiation facility SPring-8 were carried out for spectroscopy of highly-charged ions of the Fe-group elements.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

Ia型超新星は、遠方銀河までの距離を測る「ものさし(標準光源)」として利用され、宇宙の加速膨張の発見(2011年のノーベル物理学賞)をもたらしている。本研究は、超新星残骸に含まれる鉄族元素の質量比に着目する新手法によって、爆発前の白色矮星の中心密度の決定に初めて成功した。その結果は、本研究で観測した超新星残骸の親星が、標準的ではないIa型超新星爆発を起こしたことを強く示唆する。つまりIa型超新星にも多様性があり、標準光源として利用するためには、その選別が必要であることを示す。今後の研究によって多様性に関する理解がより進むことで、宇宙膨張史の詳細が紐解かれると期待される。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2022 Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2021 Annual Research Report
  • 2020 Annual Research Report
  • 2019 Comments on the Screening Results   Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (20 results)

All 2022 2021 2020 2019 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (3 results) Journal Article (4 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results,  Peer Reviewed: 4 results,  Open Access: 3 results) Presentation (12 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 6 results,  Invited: 8 results) Remarks (1 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] マックスプランク核物理学研究所(ドイツ)

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] マックスプランク核物理学研究所(ドイツ)

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] マックスプランク核物理学研究所(ドイツ)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] An Expanding Shell of Neutral Hydrogen Associated with SN 1006: Hints for the Single-degenerate Origin and Faint Hadronic Gamma-Rays2022

    • Author(s)
      Sano H.、Yamaguchi H.、Aruga M.、Fukui Y.、Tachihara K.、Filipovic M. D.、Rowell G.
    • Journal Title

      The Astrophysical Journal

      Volume: 933 Issue: 2 Pages: 157-157

    • DOI

      10.3847/1538-4357/ac7465

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Discovery of Year-scale Time Variability from Thermal X-Ray Emission in Tycho’s Supernova Remnant2022

    • Author(s)
      Matsuda Masamune、Uchida Hiroyuki、Tanaka Takaaki、Yamaguchi Hiroya、Tsuru Takeshi Go
    • Journal Title

      The Astrophysical Journal

      Volume: 940 Issue: 2 Pages: 105-105

    • DOI

      10.3847/1538-4357/ac94cf

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Discovery of Double-ring Structure in the Supernova Remnant N103B: Evidence for Bipolar Winds from a Type Ia Supernova Progenitor2021

    • Author(s)
      Yamaguchi Hiroya、Acero Fabio、Li Chuan-Jui、Chu You-Hua
    • Journal Title

      The Astrophysical Journal Letters

      Volume: 910 Issue: 2 Pages: L24-L24

    • DOI

      10.3847/2041-8213/abee8a

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Discovery of a Highly Neutronized Ejecta Clump in the Type Ia Supernova Remnant 3C 3972021

    • Author(s)
      Ohshiro Yuken、Yamaguchi Hiroya、Leung Shing-Chi、Nomoto Ken’ichi、Sato Toshiki、Tanaka Takaaki、Okon Hiromichi、Fisher Robert、Petre Robert、Williams Brian J.
    • Journal Title

      The Astrophysical Journal Letters

      Volume: 913 Issue: 2 Pages: L34-L34

    • DOI

      10.3847/2041-8213/abff5b

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report 2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 高密度な白色矮星を起源とする Ia 型超新星残骸 3C 397 の重元素分布2021

    • Author(s)
      大城勇憲、山口弘悦、Shing-Chi Leung, 野本憲一、佐藤寿紀、田中孝明、尾近洸行
    • Organizer
      日本天文学会2021年秋季年会
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 天文学への応用を目指した小型電子ビームイオントラップ (EBIT) の開発2021

    • Author(s)
      天野雄輝、山口弘悦、他
    • Organizer
      日本天文学会2022年春季年会
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Connecting supernova remnants to their progenitor systems and explosion mechanism through X-ray observations2021

    • Author(s)
      山口弘悦
    • Organizer
      The 43rd COSPAR Scientific Assembly
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] 高密度な白色矮星を起源とするIa型超新星残骸3C 397の重元素分布2021

    • Author(s)
      大城勇憲、山口弘悦、Shing-Chi Leung, 野本憲一、佐藤寿紀、田中孝明
    • Organizer
      日本天文学会2021年秋季年会
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] XMM-NewtonとNuSTARによるIa型超新星残骸3C397の鉄族元素の空間分布測定2020

    • Author(s)
      大城勇憲、山口弘悦
    • Organizer
      日本天文学会2020年秋季年会
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 硬X線で探る熱的プラズマ現象2020

    • Author(s)
      山口弘悦
    • Organizer
      高感度・広帯域X線天文衛星FORCEで探る高エネルギー宇宙
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] X-ray view of Type Ia supernova remnants2019

    • Author(s)
      山口弘悦
    • Organizer
      FOE19 Fifty-One Erg
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Plasma and radiative transfer diagnostics in the hot intracluster medium2019

    • Author(s)
      山口弘悦
    • Organizer
      European Week of Astronomy and Space Science
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Probing the stellar nucleosynthesis and explosion with X-ray observations of supernova remnants2019

    • Author(s)
      山口弘悦
    • Organizer
      The 15th International Symposium on Origin of Matter and Evolution of Galaxies (OMEG15)
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Atomic processes in astrophysical non-equilibrium plasma2019

    • Author(s)
      山口弘悦
    • Organizer
      第1回 宇宙における物質進化 ー原子核・原子・分子ー
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Tycho's supernova remnant2019

    • Author(s)
      山口弘悦
    • Organizer
      Progenitors of Type Ia Supernovae
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Non-equilibrium plasma in astrophysical objects2019

    • Author(s)
      山口弘悦
    • Organizer
      The 28th International Toki Conference on Plasma and Fusion Research
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Remarks] 「宇宙のものさし」の異端児? ─ 最も高密度な白色矮星による超新星爆発の痕跡を特定 ─

    • URL

      https://www.isas.jaxa.jp/topics/002635.html

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report 2020 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2019-04-18   Modified: 2024-01-30  

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